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Job 37:15

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

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הֲ֭תֵדַעhatedaknowיָדַעparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “know”, an unfinished actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…בְּשׂוּםbesumin putשׂוּםpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in put”, the to-form of the verbH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אֱל֣וֹהַּelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).עֲלֵיהֶ֑םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַvehofiaand shineיָפַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and shine”, a completed actionH3313to shinebe light, shew self, (cause to) shine (forth).א֣וֹרorbrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.עֲנָנֽוֹananvocloudעָנָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cloud”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloudcloud(-y).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Dost thou know how God enjoineth them, and causeth the lightning of His cloud to shine?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Young’s Literal Translation

Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?

World English Bible

Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Darby Translation

Dost thou know how God hath disposed them, and how he causeth the lightning of his cloud to flash?

Douay-Rheims

Dost thou know when God commanded the rains, to shew his light of his clouds?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Dost thou know how God enjoineth them, and causeth the lightning of His cloud to shine?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

We know that God has disposed his works, having made light out of darkness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἔθετο ἔργα αὐτοῦ, φῶς ποιήσας ἐκ σκότους.